Number
#6

Date
1880/4

Title (Kanji)
第八十代
安徳 天皇

Title (Rōmaji)

Description
The famous naval battle of Dan-no-ura in the Shimonoseki Strait between Honshū and Kyūshū, between the Taira and Minamoto factions, during which the boyEmperor Antoku was drowned. The leaping figure on the left isMinamoto no Yoshitsune, jumping from a sinking boat.

Additional information

Year Published

1880

Size

Ōban triptych

Signed

Taiso

Seals

Taiso Yoshitoshi

Subjects

Battles, Boats, Fire/smoke, Men, Ocean/Sea, Writing/text

Editions

First

Publisher

Kobayashi, Matsumoto, Tsunashima

Block Carvers

Watanabe Hori Ei